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WSMH, (branded Fox 66), is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market that is licensed to Flint. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a 245 kilowatt, high transmitter on Amman Rd (near Gary Rd) near St. Charles, Michigan. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it also operates NBC affiliate WEYI-TV (owned by Howard Stirk Holdings) and CW affiliate WBSF (owned by Cunningham Broadcasting). The station has studios on West Pierson Road in Mount Morris Township (though with a Flint address). Originally launched as an independent station in March 1985, it has been affiliated with Fox since the network's launch on October 9, 1986. ==History== The station was assigned the call letters of WSMH on September 27, 1984. WSMH signed on in March 1985 as an independent station. A fire at the transmitter in April 1985 forced the station to go off the air for about 1 month until repairs could be effected.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.michiguide.com/dials/tv/wsmh.html )〕 On October 9, 1986, it became a charter Fox affiliate.〔 Sinclair Broadcast Group bought the station in 1996.〔 From 1990 to 1997, WSMH was the Mid-Michigan provider of the now defunct syndication package ''Disney Afternoon''. On October 28, 2002, the station launched its first newscast, "News At Ten", the first using a centralization model for all Sinclair stations. On September 30, 2006, WSMH began broadcasting The Tube on its secondary subchannel. Channel 66 dropped its local news staff in 2006, opting instead to contract with WNEM to replace its 10 p.m. newscast. The retransmission agreement between the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Comcast was set to expire on February 5, 2007. An extension was granted twice so the sides could negotiate. During the talks, Comcast stated that it would not pay cash for retransmission rights but were willing to give free commercial time to WSMH in exchange for retransmission rights. On March 9, Sinclair and Comcast signed a new deal to extend retransmission rights for four years to expire on March 1, 2011. Per a new five-year carriage agreement reached between owner Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Fox Broadcasting Company on May 15, 2012, WSMH will remain a Fox affiliate until at least December 31, 2017.〔(Sinclair Reups With Fox, Gets WUTB Option ), ''TVNewsCheck'', May 15, 2012.〕 In late 2010 and early 2011 with new carriage deals by owner Sinclair, WSMH added two music video networks to its digital subchannels, TheCoolTV on 66.2 and The Country Network (now ZUUS Country) on 66.3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.michiguide.com/dials/flint.html )〕 In late August 2012, TheCoolTV was dropped from all 32 Sinclair stations that carried the channel, including WSMH, with no replacement due to non-renewal of affiliation. Sinclair signed an agreement on June 2014 which adds GetTV to 33 TV markets with WSMH adding that channel on channel 66.2 effective July 2. Effective April 27, 2015, WEYI took over duties of producing the news for sister station WSMH. The station, being operated by Sinclair and a CW affiliate, may carry sports on August 30, 2015 from Sinclair Networks' American Sports Network as it was slated for its CW or My Network TV affiliated stations. Zuus was replaced on .3 by movie channel Comet on October 31, 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WSMH」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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